After proving himself to be a bold new directing talent with last year’s storming Tyrannosaur (which scooped the Outstanding Debut award at the BAFTAs this past weekend and is out now on DVD), Paddy Considine is now looking towards his next stint behind the camera. And he’s confirmed that he’s hard at work adapting Jon Hotten’s book The Years Of The Locust.
Hotten dropped word of Considine’s interest in his blog last year and now, talking to Deadline on the BAFTA red carpet, Considine said that he is indeed cranking out the script.
Locust is a true story of murder, money, intrigue and paranoia set in the world of professional bodybuilding. Sizzling in the heat of the 1990’s Deep South, the plot finds two characters – sociopathic door-to-door salesman Rick “Elvis” Parker and his loyal, incorruptible fighter Tim Anderson as they get caught up in a trail of fixed fights, violent mayhem and bad behaviour with Parker trying to set himself up as the next Don King.
There’s no saying when Considine will start shooting the film, since it’s certainly got a wider scope than Tyrannosaur and will likely mean rounding up a heftier budget. But with any luck, it might expose him to an even wider audience. While he’s also writing a ghostly script called The Leaning, Considine will next be seen acting-wise in Now Is Good and Girl On A Bicycle.